Owing to its frequently large pots, Omaha Hi/Lo (also called ‘Omaha High Low’, ‘Omaha H/L’, ‘Omaha/8’ or ‘Omaha 8-or-better’) has 😆 become a hugely popular game around the world. Each player in an Omaha Hi/Lo game is dealt four private cards 😆 (‘hole cards’) that belong only to that player. Five community cards are dealt face-up on the ‘board’. All players use 😆 exactly two cards from their four hole cards in conjunction with exactly three cards from the board to make the 😆 best five-card poker hand possible. The pot is divided between the best hand for high and the best hand for 😆 low - hence the name, Omaha Hi/Lo. You may use different combinations of two cards from your hand to make 😆 your high hand and your low hand, but in each hand you must use precisely two from your hand and 😆 three from the board - no more, no less. Visit the poker hands page to view the rankings of hands 😆 in Omaha Hi/Lo.
Limit Omaha Hi/Lo - Specific betting limit applied in each game and on each round of betting.
In Omaha 😆 Hi/Lo, a marker called ‘the button’ or ‘the dealer button’ indicates which player is the nominal dealer for the current 😆 game. Before the game begins, the player immediately clockwise from the button posts the ‘small blind’, the first forced bet. 😆 The player immediately clockwise from the small blind posts the ‘big blind’, which is typically twice the size of the 😆 small blind, but the blinds can vary depending on the stakes and betting structure being played. In Limit games, the 😆 big blind is the same as the small bet, and the small blind is typically half the size of the 😆 big blind but may be larger depending on the stakes. For example, in aR$2/$4 Limit game the small blind isR$1 😆 and the big blind isR$2. In aR$15/$30 Limit game, the small blind isR$10 and the big blind isR$15. In Pot 😆 Limit and No Limit games, the games are referred to by the size of their blinds (for example, aR$1/$2 Omaha 😆 Hi/Lo game has a small blind ofR$1 and a big blind ofR$2). Now, each player receives their four hole cards. 😆 Betting action proceeds clockwise around the table, starting with the player ‘under the gun’ (immediately clockwise from the big blind).
The 😆 minimum bet in Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo is the same as the size of the big blind, but players can 😆 always bet up to the size of the pot.
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